Archive for February, 2009

Lost and Found

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

by Oliver Jeffers
ISBN: 0399245030
My copy of The Great Paper Caper still hasn’t made it to what will be its spot on the shelf, because I keep rereading it. Which is probably why, when my partner went to get me a little present because I was sick, she brought home Lost and Found.
Well, that and the [...]

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Tales From Outer Suburbia

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

by Shaun Tan
ISBN: 9780545055871
I’ve loved Shaun Tan’s work since I discovered The Red Tree. From The Rabbits to The Lost Thing and on to The Arrival (which seemed to bring Tan the wider attention he’s deserved) I’ve been fascinated, enthralled.
I have to wonder if there is even a point in me writing reviews of his [...]

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Demons in the Spring

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

by Joe Meno
ISBN: 9781933354477
I had never heard of Joe Meno when I saw this book in, of all the unlikely places for it, a Barnes & Noble. It was misplaced, set out on a shelf as if someone who knew what it really was understood it needed to be shown off unexpectedly if it was [...]

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